Institute

Officers

Tim Disney
Chair, CalArts Board of Trustees
Co-Founder, Uncommon Productions
Los Angeles 

Karen Hillenburg
Vice Chair, CalArts Board of Trustees
Los Angeles   

James B. Lovelace
Vice Chair, CalArts Board of Trustees
Senior Vice President
Capital Research Global Investors
Los Angeles 

Trustees

Joan Abrahamson
President, 
The Jefferson Institute
Los Angeles

Ryan Adame
Student Trustee
School of Theater
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA

David A. Bossert (Film/Video BFA 83)
Artist, Filmmaker and Author
Valencia, CA

Louise Bryson
Los Angeles

Troy Carter
Founder and CEO, 
Atom Factory
Los Angeles

Don Cheadle (Theater BFA 86)
Actor
Los Angeles 

Meg Cranston (Art MFA ’86)
Alumni Trustee 
Department Chair, Fine Arts 
Otis College of Art and Design
Los Angeles

Caroline Cronson
Producer, Works & Process at the Guggenheim 
New York

Nathan Crow
Staff Trustee
School of Film/Video
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA 

Jonathan Dolgen
Principal
Wood River Ventures, LLC
Los Angeles

Melissa P. Draper
Atherton, CA

David I. Fisher
Chairman Emeritus
Capital Group International, Inc.
Los Angeles 

Rodrigo García
Film Director
Los Angeles

Richard J. Grad
Global Chief Litigation Counsel
GE Aviation
Cincinnati, Ohio

Rick Haskins
Executive Vice President, Marketing and Digital Programs
The CW
Burbank, CA

Charmaine Jefferson
President, Kélan Resources
Los Angeles 

David G. Johnson
Founder, Act 4 Entertainment
Santa Monica 

Jamie Kellner
Chairman, Acme Communications, Inc.
Santa Barbara, CA

Jill Kraus
New York 

Peter Kraus 
Ex Officio, CalArts 
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
AllianceBernstein
New York 

Jamie Alter Lynton
New York

Thomas Lloyd
Vice President
Capital Group International
Los Angeles

Greg McWilliams
Chief Policy Officer, 
FivePoint Holdings
Valencia, CA

Andrew Millstein
President, Walt Disney Animation Studios 
Los Angeles 

Tina Perry
President, OWN
Los Angeles 

Ravi S. Rajan
Ex-Officio, CalArts 
President
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA

Janet Rappaport
Los Angeles  

Tom Rothman
Chairman, 
Motion Picture Group, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Los Angeles 

David L. Schiff (Music BFA 72)
Chairman,
MGMT Entertainment
Beverly Hills 

Michael Skloff (Music MFA 15)
Composer
Los Angeles

Susan Steinhauser
Attorney
Los Angeles 

Roger Wacker
Managing Director, Wealth Management
Private Wealth Management
UBS Financial Services Inc.
Los Angeles 

Iwan Wirth
Co-President,
Hauser & Wirth
England, UK

Lorraine Wild
Faculty Trustee
School of Art 
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA

Trustee Emeriti